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Raging Waters Sydney is unique as it is Sydney's only modern, major, ground-up theme park/water park that has been built on a greenfield site. Hypothetically, it should be a great success, as it appeals to a demographic who cannot easily access the beach. However, I find that RWS is kind of just... there. I mean, everyone knows about the park, but there is not a lot of advertising, and no one talks about it. And why would they? In the past decade, only one new slide has opened, which looks to be quite boring. This is not to say that the park does not have a good slide line up, it does, but I just worry it might go the same way as Wonderland, and shut down. What is the future of this park?

Interesting theme park news that could affect Wet "N Wild Sydney. Parques Reunidos have received a $703 million dollar takeover bid from a Swedish Private Equity firm. As well as recently taking over Wet'N Wild Sydney, they own over 60 theme parks, water parks and Zoos/Aquariums across the globe. These include; Amusement parks Dragon Park Ha Long - Quảng Ninh, Việt Nam Bobbejaanland - Lichtaart, Belgium Dubai Parks and Resorts - Dubai, United Arab Emirates BonBon-Land - Næstved, Denmark Mirabilandia - Ravenna, Italy Movie Park Germany - Bottrop-Kirchhellen, Germany Parque de Atracciones de Madrid - Madrid, Spain Parque Warner Madrid - Madrid, Spain Attractiepark Slagharen - Hardenberg, Netherlands Tusenfryd - Vinterbro, Norway Kennywood Amusement Park - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Idlewild and Soak Zone - Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States Miami Seaquarium - Key Biscayne, Florida, United States Castle Park - Riverside, California, United States Dutch Wonderland - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Lake Compounce - Bristol, Connecticut, United States Sea Life Park - Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii, United States Story Land - Glen, New Hampshire, United States Mountasia -- Marietta, Georgia, United States Zoo and nature parks Zoo Aquarium - Madrid, Spain Selwo Aventura and Selwo Marina - Estepona, Spain Delfinario Costa Daurada - Costa Daurada Mar del Plata Aquarium - Mar del Plata, Argentina Marineland - Antibes, France Lakes Aquarium - Lakeside, England Blackpool Zoo - Lancashire, England Bournemouth Oceanarium - Bournemouth, England Sea Life Park - Waimanalo, Hawaii, United States Miami Seaquarium - Miami, United States[citation needed] Water parks Aquopolis Costa Daurada Cullera San Fernando de Henares Sevilla Cartaya Torrevieja Villanueva de la Cañada Bø Sommarland - Bø i Telemark, Norway Aquasplash Marineland - Antibes, France Mirabilandia Beach - Ravenna, Italy Aqualud - Le Touquet, France Noah's Ark Water Park - Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States Raging Waters (3 Locations) - Sacramento, San Dimas and San Jose, California, United States Splish Splash - Riverhead, New York, United States Water Country - Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe - Greensboro, North Carolina, United States Sandcastle Waterpark - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Wet'n'Wild Sydney - Prospect, New South Wales, Australia The board of Parques Reunidos are meeting to discuss the offer. The article on the sale can be found here: https://skift.com/2019/04/26/theme-park-operator-parques-reunidos-gets-703-million-takeover-approach/